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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (14 children)

Hey...

Tiktok screenshots aren't memes.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Anything memetic is a meme. This has been shared organically with no monetary incentive by users for the sake of amusement. That makes it a meme.

    You're thinking of an image macro. You're right, this isn't an image macro.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    you're right, this isn't an image macro.

    Its not a fucking meme either.

    Colloquial definitions are not prescribed.

    A TikTok screenshot is just documentation of someone else's context.

    By any modern definition a meme requires some element of remix, juxtaposition, or intentional humor that turns raw content into a cultural shorthand

    This isn't that.

    By your definition, a stop sign is a meme. Congrats, you've made the modern word useless.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Meme - noun:

    an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.

    -Oxford

    an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media

    -Merriam-Webster

    Seems to fit the definition of a meme to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    What the fuck do you think a meme is?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Literally anything that isn't a fucking tiktok screenshot.

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    Good meme lol

    At least its not a TikTok screenshot

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    How is a TikTok screenshot fundamentally different from a screenshot of a tweet or posting an image from instagram? Those are "accepted" definitions of a meme. We get it, you don't like TikTok because that's just the "company bad" flavor of the month. You need to adjust your own definition of a meme unless you just want to be the guy at the bottom of a post who was irrationally negative for a wholly arbitrary reason. Not tryin to argue or hate, I'm just sayin that I was that guy for a long time and it's impossible to describe the relief I feel today knowing that I'm not that person anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    For what its worth, Instagram and twitter screenshots aren't memes either.

    This has nothing to do with whether tiktok is the villain of the week.

    Also, I give no shits if I'm at the bottom of some arbitrary list. I'm gonna speak the truth, even if I'm hated for it by dumb shits who think 'selfie with text' = 'meme'

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, what you think does not have any bearing on what the consensus ends up being. What's a meme? Go read the book Memetics by Richard Dawkins who literally invented the term and concept. Most people would agree that the modern usage has strayed far from its original intended definition, and yet the modern usage will ultimately end up defining it. Your definition may have been correct in a certain place at a certain time, but now it's just meaningless and sticking to your guns only makes you look silly.

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